Speaking of exercise, one of Ryan's friends and my new friend, Katie got a hold of me asking if I wanted to go on a walk. Folks, it was not a mere saunter... It was a walk with interruptions of lunges and squats. Tricky Katie, quite tricky- and now I know what this new season of walk looks like with you. It was good. Katie is in a thriving long distance relationship- it has been good to connect.
Last weekend, I was able to see Jeff and Jess. They are dear friends from CO that recently moved out here. It was wonderful to connect up and realize the we were in a new space and a different season than before. Jess has her year residency for vet school that has just begun, Jeff has a new architecture job, and I'm engaged in a new city and engaged to an incredible man.
The classes I am taking are Assessment of Learning and Assessment of E-Learning. Surprisingly they have very little overlap. If you did not know any better you may think I was attempting to have a lighter load this summer! ;) Well, let me assure you, they are not making that easy. :D I suppose it is good- I am an advocate of quality education.
Regardless, I am unable currently to find employment in the education field right now. It has been a process of great frustration actually. However, today I applied to a candy shop and suddenly it felt better for this time. Ha! I am bad at giving up control. I am sort of bad at having my plans changed. It has been good to change direction sometimes; I suppose we ought to move in the direction of the open door, eh?
And, on a lighter note my hair is back to a natural tone. It seemed "Cherry Praline" was not going to be the best for pictures the first weekend of August. A friend from Colorado will be flying out to take some shots of Ryan and I. The talented Amanda and her talented husband, Aaron might be in Africa working on their film during October. The film will no doubt be amazing- stay tuned: Liyana
Ryan and I have decided we will travel to the storage units in August. It will be wonderful to see his family in Washington and Montana and visit with friends in Colorado and possibly Wyoming.
Lately, video conversations with Ryan have been cut short due to bad wireless connections on the base in SC. Frankly, it is annoying. He has been good. The workouts sound outrageous- no, seriously, insane... I can't help but feel a bit wimpy when I share about running stairs. We miss each other, but we are both in good places now. I am beginning to find my place in the strangeness of Marin County (more on this later), while allowing new community to invade in the very best way while Ryan is preparing well around professionals that know the same drive to care well for persons serving in the military. We are both being loved on by God and others. It is still appropriate to miss this man dearly... I get that love means wanting the very best for another. We had texted and planned to chat but with the intense days Ryan was beat this evening. He napped and set the alarm to converse with me. He woke and told me how he was feeling- completely drained... we determined to reschedule for tomorrow- no worries- sleep strong, brave, dear man... but then it was important to see each others face; I so wanted to see his pliable and alive face. And I did for a few precious minutes and we bid each other sweet dreams and restful peace 'when we got there.' ...CA to SC is four time zones right?
xoxo, all.
Actually, there is no WiFi in my room, so I am using a hardwired internet connection that is not very fast to begin with, and I think everyone has the same idea as me and is skyping with their SO each night so the connection gets bogged down. It is unfortunate, but at least we live in an age where skyping is possible!
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